merely

美 [?m?rli] 　英 [?m??(r)li]

• adv.僅僅；只不過
• 網(wǎng)絡(luò)只是；僅僅地

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英漢雙解

英漢解釋

英英解釋

例句

It merely reflects the light of the sun, like a huge mirror hung in the sky.

這表明月亮本身不發(fā)光，它只是反射太陽光，象懸掛在天空中的一面鏡子。

Sometimes, it seems as though civilian drivers merely failed to get off the road fast enough.

有時候，好像是平民司機(jī)離開道路的速度不夠快。

But younger children are often merely trying to figure out a definition of the term.

不過，對于年紀(jì)小的孩子們來說，他們通常只是想要理解財(cái)富的概念。

Creating a synthetic ETF does not eliminate this illiquidity risk, but merely transforms it into a bet on the creditworthiness of a bank.

創(chuàng)建一個合成的ETF并不能消除這種不流動性風(fēng)險，只是僅僅將其轉(zhuǎn)化成了對銀行信用度的賭注。

I do not want to put down to my account either nostalgia or bitterness, and I merely want to see clearly.

留戀也好，苦澀也好，我不想將此二者歸于我的帳上，我只是想看得明明白白。

He had seen a mad woman in Battle Square, but she had merely clutched a bundle of rags and rocked herself to and fro, keening like a gull.

他曾在戰(zhàn)爭廣場看過到一個瘋女人，但那個女人只是緊緊抱著一束碎布，來來回回搖晃著身子，哭泣聲，象只鳴叫的海鷗。

She said nothing, but merely sniffed and turned over the pages of her newspaper.

她不作聲，只是鼻子里哼了一聲，然后把手上的報紙翻了翻。

Then it had not been merely the stars to which he had aspired on that June night.

這么說來，六月里那個夜晚他所向往的不單單是天上的星斗了。

But it may be a mistake to think of Mr Clegg merely as a force for realigning Britain's existing party landscape.

但認(rèn)為克萊格先生僅是重新整合英國目前的政黨格局的推動力，或許是錯的。

Although he merely managed sixth in Athens, he's not one to let pressure rattle him in this supremely mental sport.

雖然在雅典奧運(yùn)會上只取得了區(qū)區(qū)第六，但是在這個極度需要心理的體育項(xiàng)目中他不會讓壓力將自己壓垮。

In his time, the reform carried out in Europe was being copied, but in many respects this copy was merely superficially reformative.

森鷗外所處的時代正在進(jìn)行著效仿歐洲的改革，但是在很多方面又只是粗淺的表面的維新。

The man who regards his own life and that of his fellow creatures as meaningless is not merely unhappy but hardly fit for life.

將自己的生命和同胞視為沒有意義的人，不但不快樂，而且沒有能力生活。

and it may be that she was merely bored with her husband and went to Strickland out of a callous curiosity.

可能她不過對自己的丈夫感到厭倦，只是出于好奇心（并無任何熱情在內(nèi)）才去我的思特里克蘭德。

The argument that labor should receive enough to buy back the product is merely a special form of the general "purchasing-power" argument.

勞工應(yīng)當(dāng)獲得足夠買回產(chǎn)品的工資的說法，只是一般“購買力論調(diào)”的一種特殊形式。

The infinite would thus seem to be merely neutralized by the finite, the subjective by the objective, thought by being.

按照這種看法，有限與無限，主觀和客觀，思維與存在，好像只是中和了似的。

He wasn't uncle to any of us; he was merely married to a distant relative of our parents' generation.

他其實(shí)不是我們任何一人的嫡親姑父；只不過和我們父輩的一位遠(yuǎn)親結(jié)了婚罷了。

The calls, they added, were merely a courtesy, offering to answer any questions that customers of the company might have.

他們補(bǔ)充稱，必和必拓的電話只是禮節(jié)性的，表明該公司愿意回答客戶可能有的任何問題。

College is just not the best choice for every person, and to say that it is merely sets students up for wasting four years of their lives.

大學(xué)并不是給每個人最好的選擇，而且要說這只是讓學(xué)生浪費(fèi)他們四年光陰的話。

The man merely looked at him in irritation and motioned him to remain silent.

其他人只是不耐煩地看著他，并且示意他不要講話。

At first I wondered if it was true. Wasn't the management merely trying to keep people calm?

是不是酒店管理人員僅僅是為了穩(wěn)住大家，讓大家冷靜呢？

The profit was merely the condition of victory but the victory itself lay in the feat achieved.

利潤僅僅是勝利的條件，而勝利本身則來自所具備的卓絕技藝。

These were merely the best-known examples.

這些只不過是人們最熟知的一些例子而已！

Yet, in our advertising, a mother is either not in view or is merely in the background.

然而在我們的廣告里，要么根本看不見母親，要么只是讓她站在背景當(dāng)中。

She didn't stir at Phyl's entry, merely let her book slip on to the floor, yawned and stretched her arms up.

菲兒進(jìn)來時，她動也不動一下，只是讓她在看的一本書滑到地上去。她打了個呵欠，伸個懶腰。

Poison to a snake is merely a luxury.

對蛇來說，毒液只不過是一種奢侈品。

It is merely [simply] a matter of time.

這僅僅是時間問題。

Economics can not stand content merely to describe the truth of life.

經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)不能僅僅滿足于描述生活的實(shí)際情況。

Do, don't merely talk.

要干，別光嘴說。

It is merely on the question of procedure at the moment that we disagree.

目前我們意見不一致的地方僅僅在于步驟問題。

She said nothing, but merely sniffed and turned over the pages of her newspaper.

她不作聲，只是鼻子里哼了一聲，然后把手上的報紙翻了翻。

He wasn't uncle to any of us; he was merely married to a distant relative of our parents' generation.

他其實(shí)不是我們任何一人的嫡親姑父；只不過和我們父輩的一位遠(yuǎn)親結(jié)了婚罷了。

Basically, however, Hitler was merely trying to save face when he spoke of "recapture of a part of the territories now lost in the West" .

說穿了，希特勒所謂“收復(fù)現(xiàn)在失去的西方部分地區(qū)”，只不過是想保全自己的面子而已。

Hollis always reacted smoothly to any threats, and merely said he noted Arthur's comment but that his decision stood.

霍利斯對任何威脅總是作出圓滑的反應(yīng)。他只是說，他注意到了阿瑟的意見，但堅(jiān)持他的決定。

She acted well, but two or three of the old men were equally satisfied that it was merely acting.

雖然她裝得十分象，但另外也有兩三個年長的人發(fā)現(xiàn)她是做作的。

He had merely been a sailor from whim and a desire to spite his friends.

他之所以當(dāng)了一名水手，只是為了他的怪癖，并想和他的朋友們賭一口氣。

The desirable features of that project were merely that it would have initiated a small "second front" .

理想計(jì)劃的特點(diǎn)是立刻開辟一小型的“第二戰(zhàn)場”。

Soames was alarmed. He had really been struck by the plans, and the concealment of his satisfaction had been merely instinctive.

索米斯慌起來了。這張圖樣的確打動他的心，不過出于本性不肯明白表示罷了。

One form of colonial rule shall not have passed away merely to be replaced by a far greater iron tyranny.

一種形式殖民統(tǒng)治的消亡絕不僅僅是為了讓另一種更加嚴(yán)酷的暴政來替代它。

It merely occurred to him that if he should drown it would be a shame.

他想到的只是，如果他被淹死，那將令人遺憾。

There was one person, however, in the house whom he could not leave to learn his sentiments merely through his conduct.

不過，在這座大廈里有一個他不能只用自己的行動來向她表明自己心情的人。

Bertha found reality tolerable when it was merely a background, a foil to the fantastic happenings of old books.

當(dāng)真實(shí)不過是一種背景，一塊供古書中的虛構(gòu)故事生長的土壤時，伯莎覺得它是可以忍受的。

It is impossible to determine the volume of blood in the body merely by bleeding an animal to death.

僅靠使動物放血至死的方法，不可能測定體內(nèi)的血量。

The horn is merely a round tube through which the air moves on its way into the engine cylinder.

這種喇叭形管僅僅是一個圓形的管子，空氣通過它進(jìn)入發(fā)動機(jī)汽缸。

I didn't like his friends, and his music seemed to be merely an excuse for the life he led. It sounded just that weird and disordered.

我不喜歡他的朋友，而且覺得他的音樂僅僅是他過的那種生活的借口而已，荒誕不經(jīng)，亂七八糟。

His knowledge merely drives him to madness.

他的感受把他逼得發(fā)了瘋。

This is merely one of the many instances of metaphysical theories seemingly conformed by facts.

這只不過是許許多多似乎有事實(shí)證明的形而上學(xué)理論之一罷了。

Like a good scientist, he merely gives the facts.

如同優(yōu)秀的科學(xué)家一樣，他只描寫了事實(shí)。

It would merely have been an incident of battle.

這只是戰(zhàn)爭中的一件平凡的事。

Once upon a time there was a convenient-seeking fisherman and his woven net was merely as big as a table.

有一個漁夫貪圖省事織的網(wǎng)只有一張桌子那么大。

He had a month, two at most, he said, and merely asked me to save my strength for the golf course.

他說他還有最多1到2個月的活頭，他讓我把我的力氣留到高爾夫球場。

The seneschal had wondered about that hasty decision, but the old man had merely smiled and said, "No different than I did with you. "

總領(lǐng)很快就注意到他并要求他被包括在管理層。總管曾懷疑過這倉促的決定，但那老人只是笑笑并說，“跟我接納你沒有什么區(qū)別?！?/jz>

The hireling, who may watch over the flock merely for a day's wage, is not expected to be so devoted.

至于雇工，他們看守羊群，只不過是為了一天的工資，沒有人會企望他們盡心竭力的去牧養(yǎng)羊群。

It seemed to be merely an ordinary farmyard, with one big red lantern hanging on each side of the door.

從外面看不過是普通的農(nóng)家院，門口高懸兩盞紅燈籠。

But that would not be a solution if it merely lead to indefinite financing of fundamentally uncompetitive economies.

但如果只是為根本上缺乏競爭力的經(jīng)濟(jì)體提供無限量融資，那這就稱不上是什么解決辦法。

Accordingly, a 'genius' is often merely a talented person who has done all of his or her homework.

因此，“天才”往往只是發(fā)揮了自己才干的有才之人。

There is so much to look forward to, that the changes should be seen as merely stepping stones that take you to your promised land.

在前方有那么多的美好事物去期待，改變將被看到，作為奠基石把你們帶到承諾之地。

One of them has the grace to look quite uncomfortable and sorry; the other is merely bored, as if he wants this unpleasant part over with.

他們倆一個是看起來很不舒服和抱歉的樣子，另外一個則無聊之極，仿佛他想這令人不愉快的事情趕快結(jié)束。

But he did not turn in to see her, he merely gave an order that the horse should be given to Voytov if he came while he was away.

但是他沒有轉(zhuǎn)到她這里來，他只吩咐了一聲他不在的時候可以讓沃伊托夫把馬牽走。

Gone, too, must be the assumption that governments should merely get out of the way of markets.

政府就不應(yīng)干預(yù)市場的假說肯定也已過時。

In fact, they were all merely fronts for the dark minions and their Anunnaki overlords.

而事實(shí)上，他們只是他們的主子阿努奇人前線的爪牙。

Much of this lost output is likely to be merely deferred, as those taking their holiday next week make up the lost time later in the year.

在損失的產(chǎn)出當(dāng)中，有很大一部分可能只是被延后，因?yàn)?/c>本周休假的人們會在今年晚些時候把損失掉的工作時間給補(bǔ)上。

Was it a craving to be thought distinguished, a dread of being dull, or merely an effect of overfeeding?

是指望自己顯得與眾不同，是怕空氣變得沉悶無味，還是只因吃得太飽的結(jié)果？

In some special situation, international law is often applied with domestic law to remedy of applying domestic merely.

在一些特定場合，國際法規(guī)則經(jīng)常與國內(nèi)法合并適用，彌補(bǔ)單獨(dú)適用國內(nèi)法的缺陷。

He used a biblical metaphor: you only need one King David, and an army of soldiers who merely had to be able to carry out orders.

他用了一個圣經(jīng)的隱喻：「你只需要一個王者大衛(wèi)，和一支只要能遵守秩序的軍隊(duì)」。

We should hesitate to admit this if it were merely a question of humdrum dwellers on this corner of the universe called Earth.

如果這僅僅是這個叫做地球的宇宙之中的角落里無聊居民的問題，我們在承認(rèn)這一點(diǎn)時會猶豫不決。

You're merely throwing something against the wall to see if it sticks.

好比你將漫不經(jīng)心地將東西向墻上扔，看它究竟是否會粘上。

Whether you think that this view is simply great secret or merely mediocre, you need this book!

無論你以為上述觀點(diǎn)是驚天大秘還是不過爾爾，你都需要這本書！

If the artist merely the study of history, we can not be a real breakthrough in terms of the surface deep into the question of which to the.

如果藝術(shù)家僅僅停留在對歷史的研究上，我們是無法真正突破詞語的表層深入到問題的里面去的。